Tonight: Voices of Support Needed for Midtown Bike Lanes

Anyone who rides a bike in Midtown Manhattan, or plans to once bike-share comes online this summer, should be interested in tonight’s Community Board 6 meeting.

A full board vote is scheduled this evening on four new pairs of crosstown bike lanes planned for 39th to 55th Streets. Though the lanes would consist of no more than thermoplast on pavement, and will be broken up by sharrows, from what we hear local NIMBYs have it in their heads that the project will impede emergency vehicle movement. A significant show of opposition is expected.

DOT will also be on hand for a bike-share presentation.Note: According to CB 6, the bike-share presentation won’t be happening tonight.

One guy warned of the bike-terrorism connection. Told of how bikes were used in a terrorist attack in India.

Anonymous

Terrorists involved in certain attacks have been known to wear shoes and walk on the sidewalk. Let’s ban those too! 🙂

Anonymous

Yeah, qrt145. And in an unnecessary breach of CBs’ usually good decorum, I couldn’t help but blurt out “ever heard of car bombs?” That was the same reaction I had to when Marcia Kramer took the Absurdism of the Year Award with her, “OMG, they’re putting a bike lane near the Israeli Embassy!”

Ben Kintisch

ddartley – absurdism aside, what was the actual result of the meeting?

Mike

What is the actual reasoning behind the claim that this would impede emergency vehicles?

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